Yummy Banana Bar Recipe

Our family tends to have an overabundance of ripe bananas at all time, so there’s never a week that goes by when easy banana recipes aren’t being baked, discovered, rediscovered or shared.

This yummy banana bar recipe is one I’ve had for decades, and is a fool proof way to use up those ripe bananas. It’s definitely more of a cake, than bread. Enjoy the addition of my delicious Cinnabon like cream cheese frostingand they are melt in your mouth good. I love recipes that are so easy the kids can make them, but friends would never believe it when you shared that little detail.

Since I was serving this for breakfast, I omitted the frosting when these pictures were taken, but I typically always make them in a jelly roll pan and then frost.

(P.S. No, these are not fat free, nor sugar free, but freely divine. Our youngest daughter declares I am the best baker ever when I make this. 🙂 If you desire a healthier version, the sugar can be reduced and some of the butter subbed with apple sauce.)

We love banana bread! The only problem is that everyone here also loves bananas and we rarely have any that are ripened…before everyone has eaten them! 😀
Maybe I’ll have to hide some…hmmmm…sounds like a plan. Gotta try this recipe! 😀
Building Home with Him,
Mary Joy

I definitely think they would work in the mini muffin pan. Not quite sure the time, you’d just have to watch the first batch and go from there. They tend to cook up quite fast. I am guessing about 15 minutes, but set the timer for ten and just check on how far along they are.

Hi Jen – I loved this recipe ‘as is’ the first time I made it, but needed to make some adjustments for our family’s current health goals. I made a slightly healthier version of your yummy Banana Bars this morning and they were a hit! I used 1/2 cup less sugar, subbed 1/4 cup of the butter for apple sauce, and used mostly whole wheat flour. I also subbed low fat cream cheese and made only 1/2 a batch of icing (which was plenty) since I was trying to make a semi-healthy treat! We’re trying! They were light, moist, sweet and popular!
Thanks for the recipe! My 95 year old neighbor was getting tired of banana muffins and bread too!

I am SO glad to hear this Heather. When I first posted about them on my facebook fan page, I mentioned making a healthier version, so I thrilled that you took on the challenge. the way I have it pasted is definitely a “treat.” Now you can actually enjoy it more like a healthy treat (especially if we leave off the frosting, but then what fun is that..ha). Thanks for sharing.

Great recipe! We replaced 1/2 of the flour for whole wheat white flour, 1 cup sugar with 3/4 cup honey, and 1/2 the cream cheese with a mashed banana. Turned out fabulous! My one year old got most of it in his mouth, my 4 y/o requested it for his birthday cake and my husband, who usually doesn’t care for cake, told me I HAVE to make this again! Thank you!